Administrators at Brown County Schools have suspended a faculty member without pay for two weeks after he named a student by their race, Black, in the high school yearbook instead of using the student’s name.
The district found no students past or present were involved. The faculty member responsible agreed to a restorative conference with the student and their family.
Both district officials and yearbook advisor Greg Mosley declined an interview.
Superintendent Dr. Laura Hammack posted an update on her Facebook page last week outlining the response.
Hammack says the district is working with the yearbook publisher, Indianapolis-based Herff Jones, to figure out how the page was printed, but updates were not immediately available.
“Consequences will need to be deployed. Some of the consequences we are thinking about are consequences that rectify or resolve the situation," she said. "We are exploring with our vendor options that we have to republish a new yearbook.”
Representatives from the company did not return calls for comment.
Hammack said the district is open to absorbing the cost for new yearbooks to be printed. She insisted the district is "deeply committed" to advancing equity and inclusion and has created a committee to address those challenges.
Brown County Schools Letter 10.23.20 by Indiana Public Media News on Scribd
This article has been updated.
